That move came after Google sustained a cyberattack originating in China, designed to steal the GMail information of Chinese human rights activists. Google recently launched an anti-censorship tool for Chinese search users, announcing the update on...
Specifically Gmail accounts of human rights activists. This all started back in 2010 when Google was cyberattacked by Chinese hackers. It was suggested that the Chinese government may have instigated them although they deny this and deny any...
While Google doesn't function in China due to censorship concerns and the fear that Google accounts may be abused to compromise the efforts of human rights activists, Chinese users who visit the Google site are still directed to the Hong Kong...
This is not an issue of human rights; it is an issue of interference of internal affairs. The Chinese government does not want its citizens watching dissident Liu Xiaobo get his Nobel Peace Prize today, so they have blocked news sites such as CNN...
Turning a blind eye to corruption and human rights abuse in 'client states' Real doubts within the Chinese leadership about the future of North Korea as a separate entity from South Korea. But, most of it is confusing, so I thought a game card...
They also said the GMail accounts of human rights activists were being hacked, and implied that the hacks were conducted by the Chinese government. Chinese search engine Baidu was down for a bit last week, and they're blaming it on blocked access...
The attack was aimed at gaining access to the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. To add to that, this developing security industry story extends far beyond the tech sphere with its involvement of cyber espionage, intellectual...
The company's history almost mirrors the rollercoaster ride of the web itself.Now having lost the rights to its own name in the United States, Lycos Europe is rebranding itself as Jubii for the US market.
Publisher Groups To Test New Search Engine Rights Management System Baidu Holds 62% Share In China - Baidu, the Chinese search engine, has 62.1 percent share based on a China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) report.
Human Rights Group & UK House of Commons Demand Google, Yahoo, & Microsoft To Stop Censorship - Human Rights Watch told Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to be upfront with their users about the censorship and stand up to the political pressure China...
Rights Group It was ironic that companies whose existence depends on freedom of information and expression have taken on the role of censor, even in cases where the Chinese government makes no specific demands for them to do so.
Rights Group It was ironic that companies whose existence depends on freedom of information and expression have taken on the role of censor, even in cases where the Chinese government makes no specific demands for them to do so.
Earlier this week, GameShout.com published an article reporting that Human Rights Watch group in New York told Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to be upfront with their users about the censorship and stand up to the political pressure China places on...
The blog Internet Censorship Explorer (ICE) ran an experiment using the site Human Rights Watch which does not appear in Google China search results. Google China has censored their search results to remove certain sites and listings that are...
Congress Briefing on Human Rights and the Internet and China Agrees To Chinese Censorship thread at our Search Engine Watch Forums. That seems absurd given the worldwide coverage of Google bending to the Chinese government's censorship demands...
Private industry alone cannot effectively influence foreign government policies on issues like the free exchange of ideas, maximum access to information, and human rights reform, and we believe continued government-to-government dialogue is vital...
House Subcommittee on Human Rights. In a series of conversations starting Wednesday, Google representatives responded to CNET News.com's queries by saying that some Web site blockages are human errors that should be expected when any new service is...
Translation: "If you own something, you're responsible for what's there," says Nicholas Bequelin, a researcher for Human Rights Watch in Hong Kong. The list of "protected" keywords such as "democracy" or "human rights" should be appended to the...
Nine of the top ten results on Google were blocked on searches for "china" and "human rights. And after the human rights search, he couldn't get to Google for 10 minutes. Google hovers as Baidu readies IPO from TheDeal.com covers how Google CEO...
Nine of the top ten results on Google were blocked on searches for "china" and "human rights. And after the human rights search, he couldn't get to Google for 10 minutes. Watching Google Get Blocked In China - Chinese Blogger Slams Microsoft from...
